Beyond the Playground: Introducing Play Mart’s Gathering Spaces Collection

Complete Outdoor Site Amenities Designed for the Places People Love to Gather

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The best outdoor spaces do more than look beautiful—they invite people to slow down, connect, and spend time together.

Whether it’s a neighborhood park, downtown plaza, corporate campus, apartment community, school courtyard, healthcare facility, or community gathering space, the right amenities transform open areas into destinations where people want to be.

That’s why Play Mart is proud to introduce our newest catalog, The Gathering Spaces Collection—featuring our line of premium commercial site amenities designed to help communities create welcoming outdoor environments built for everyday life.

More Than a Place to Sit

The Gathering Spaces Collection includes everything needed to create coordinated outdoor environments, including:

  • Ergonomic benches
  • Picnic and gathering tables
  • Outdoor classroom and game tables
  • Decorative planters
  • Bike racks
  • Trash and recycling receptacles
  • Shade structures
  • Additional site furnishings designed to complement parks, campuses, businesses, and community spaces

Together, these products help create places where people can relax, eat lunch, meet friends, work outdoors, enjoy nature, or simply take a moment to recharge.

Built for Decades of Use

Outdoor furnishings need to withstand more than sunshine. They endure rain, snow, heat, freezing temperatures, heavy use, and everything else Mother Nature can deliver.

That’s why every Play Mart product is engineered using commercial-grade materials, rust-resistant stainless steel hardware, and our exclusive Recycled Structural Plastic (RSP™) lumber. Unlike traditional wood, RSP won’t rot, splinter, peel, or require painting, and it maintains its appearance for years with minimal maintenance.

For parks departments, municipalities, businesses, and property owners, that means lower maintenance costs and greater long-term value.

Proudly Made in America

Every Play Mart product reflects more than 45 years of American manufacturing experience.

Most components are manufactured in-house at our U.S. facility, where we control every step of the production process—from producing our own recycled plastic lumber to final assembly. This vertically integrated approach ensures exceptional quality, dependable supply, and products built to perform for generations.

Sustainability That Lasts

Creating better outdoor spaces also means making responsible choices.

Play Mart’s exclusive RSP™ lumber is manufactured from recycled plastics—including recycled milk jugs—and contains approximately 85% recycled plastic by weight. Even manufacturing scrap is recycled back into new material, reducing waste while creating products that are built to last for decades.

It’s an investment in both the environment and the communities these products serve.

Designed Around People

Every detail in The Gathering Spaces Collection begins with one question: How will people use this space?

From ergonomic seating and accessible picnic tables to coordinated site furnishings that create inviting gathering places, each product is thoughtfully designed to encourage connection, comfort, and everyday enjoyment. Play Mart also offers in-house design services to help customers create outdoor environments that are functional, attractive, and tailored to their unique needs.

Create Spaces That Bring People Together

Whether you’re planning a new park, enhancing a commercial property, revitalizing a downtown streetscape, or creating inviting outdoor spaces for employees, residents, students, or visitors, The Gathering Spaces Collection offers durable, sustainable solutions designed to stand the test of time.

Explore the collection and discover how Play Mart is helping communities across America create places where people gather, relax, connect, and thrive.

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Testimonials

"Play Mart Inc. is truly the company you want to do business with when looking for commercial grade playground equipment.

Lesson learned: not all playground equipment is compatible with other equipment. Our HOA had a Play Mart set that was purchased in 2005 it was needing to be refurbished. Ryan Williams contacted me right away asking what he could do to help. Records hadn’t been kept so I was having difficulty finding what we had and what we could do. After sending pictures from my phone, Ryan took over giving us the original design blueprint! A detailed report on what we had and what needed to be replaced was soon in my hands.

We were elated to learn that some of our stuff was still under warranty! Options of what could be done and what must be done to ensure the safety of our children were outstanding! We were so pleased that the nightmare of searching for playground equipment was now over! The equipment is made in the USA too.

While we wait for delivery we can’t thank Ryan Williams enough for the care he took in making sure that our playground is safe! They also offer installation if you need that! Everything ships with detailed installation instructions like a picture book! Thank You Play Mart and Ryan for all of your professional help!"

Jeanette Bowen

"I'm not sure whether the kids would have caused damage to the playset at some point, but the playground survived the hurricane. Your RSP™ is amazing."

Tim H. Gateway Services Community Development District

Ft Myers, FL

“I would just like to let you know Play Mart did a wonderful job on the packing/shipping and installation instructions. We have installed almost every manufacturer in the market and your company is the most installation friendly we have done in years.”

Playground Installation Crew

Kansas

“The contractor who assembled the set told me it was his first experience with recycled material in play sets and he was very impressed. He also told me it was very well packaged and user friendly for assembly.

It looks first class and blends in well with the wooded area surrounding our church. We like the fact we can accommodate so many kids with a set this size.”

Bruce P.

Topeka, KS

“This is cooler than big kids stuff!”

5 Year Old Child

Topeka, KS

“Congratulations on your extensive and impressive exhibit of your playground products. I was most impressed. If I were a child, I would spend a lot of time in the music section of your marvelous array of enticing things to do. But on the other hand, I could easily be enticed to the many other play opportunities for play and learning.

It is blatantly obvious that you have put a lot of careful thought into developing your engaging products for children. Congratulations and thank you for the tour of your exhibit at the trade show.”

Matthew Evans, FASLA Senior Landscape Architect & Horticulturist

US Capitol, Washington, DC

“It gives me great pleasure to be able to write a letter on behalf of Play Mart, Inc. On two different occasions in recent years, Play Mart constructed playground equipment on our school property. Play Mart representatives went out of their way to meet with the school playground committee so that we fully understand our options and the cost. We have been delighted with the equipment that Play Mart representatives recommended for our students. It is age appropriate and safe. We have had to make two minor repairs, which were quickly taken care of by the company.
In the process building the playground, we were very interested in using recycled materials. Availability of this via Play Mart was a big reason why we choose this company. Play Mart worked with us in obtaining exactly what we wanted. We were very pleased with the construction timeline and the value for the price. When we wanted to add more equipment, Play Mart was most helpful and made the changes cost effective for us. Our students spend many happy hours enjoying the playground.

We have been very happy with the entire project. It is with great satisfaction I write this letter on behalf of the company and their employees.”

Sister Laverne K., School Principal

Newark, DE

“We continue to be so pleased with our playscape! As soon as we open the door in preparation for outside play, the children head straight for the playscape. The teachers so enjoy watching the students play some of their favorite games which include: Pirate Ship (they all crowd on top of the playscape sailing off for adventure of the high seas), Shark! (similar to pirate ship but they all stand on top screaming “shark”), and Ice cream shop (sellers stand under the playscape and deliver ice cream cones to customers on the other side of the ‘counter’).
We thank you again for working so closely with us as we designed this safe and sturdy play area to fit the needs of our Nursery School. It has been one year and it still looks great, blending beautifully into our historic town green. Both our school and our community look forward to many, many more years of fun!”

Laurie H., Daycare Director

Washington, CT

“Our entire church is excited with the equipment and especially glad we saved 32,226 milk jugs from a landfill. We love the look of wood without the problems of termites and splintering.”

Joyce W.

Jacksonville, AR

“I wanted to drop you a quick note to commend you on your subcontractor’s performance…The combination of your quality equipment and the installation by Hammer Down has provided the staff, children and Marine Corp with an excellent play facility. The installation and application of the equipment has turned out superbly.  Hammer Down, Paul and his entire crew were pleasant to work with, knowledgeable of the equipment and codes and had an uncommon willingness to work well with us and other contractors. I commend them for an excellent install and terrific attitude.

As for the poured in place rubber; again a superb product paired with a great subcontractor. Clean Play, Allen and his crew provided a level of work that would be hard to surpass. The installation went smoothly and quickly. I appreciate their attention to detail and cleanliness. Though we may have stayed late, I never have an issue doing that for a contractor that works as hard and diligently as they did each and every day. There performance was outstanding and one I would look forward to seeing again.

I appreciate all of your help and you providing us with such high quality subcontractors. Thank you.”

Mike R., Superintendent

Sauer, Inc.